Died in Wales when his 1000cc Honda motorbike hit a stationary camper van in front of him then an approaching Vauxhall Insignia car while on a motorcycle training course 29th June 2011 on A487 near Pantperthog, Gwynedd. Resident of North Hykeham near Lincoln. He is commemorated at the SRR regimental stone in Herefordshire, the National Arboritum and his ashes are buried in Southrey churchyard in front of his mothers.